Campus Stories - Patience Young

Charles-Joseph Natoire, Neptune and Amphitrite, circa 1730s. Black chalk with brush and brown wash and white heightening on blue laid paper. 9 7/16 in. x 14 9/16 in. The Suida-Manning Collection. Blanton Museum of Art.
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Cantor Arts Center’s French summer

Never mind that King Francois I of France pre-dated Bastille Day by more than 200 years. The sophisticated and extravagant School of Fontainebleau style that developed under his royal command is something to celebrate and see during the month of France’s La Fête Nationale. Francois’ 16th-century prints, le quatorze juillet, on view through Sunday, are part of…

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Chocolate Heads dancers Madeline Hawes and Katrina Wisdom perform in 'Xocolatl: Food of the Gods' at Bing Concert Hall on March 8, 2013.
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A year of high notes for Stanford’s Chocolate Heads

The Chocolate Heads movement band had a banner year, by any measure. They collaborated with jazz great William Parker, workshopped with neuroscientists and synesthetes, staged an underground performance at Cantor Arts Center, dazzled an audience at Bing Concert Hall, partnered with the a cappella group Talisman on an original composition, and finished the year with a spring…

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